Job Title:  Mechanical Lead (Valves AOV/MOV/RV)

Posting Date:  27 Jan 2026
Requisition ID:  3471
Company:  NAWAH (ENEC Operations)
Location:  Barakah
Posting Status:  Active Recruitment

Job Purpose

Lead mechanical valve (i.e., Air-Operated valves (AOV), Motor-Operated valves (MOV), and Release valves (RV)) turbine and refuel services, including those provided by contractors, for Barakah Nuclear Power Plant (BNPP) outages to achieve the long-term outage plan and meet outage schedules to ensure overall business performance objectives are achieved in accordance to NAWAH standards and procedures.

Key Activities, Responsibility & Accountability

Valves (AOV/MOV/RV)
 
•    Perform valve (i.e., AOV/MOV/RV) maintenance and inspections to ensure highly functioning equipment and support safe operations.
•    Perform valve (i.e., AOV/MOV/RV) performance testing and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) testing to maintain system fidelity and support safe operations.
•    Perform valve (i.e., AOV/MOV/ROV) component replacement to ensure safe, reliable, and efficient plant operations.

 

Valves (AOV/MOV/RV)Support
  
•    Perform engineering activities associated with valves to maintain system fidelity and support safe operations.
•    Establish performance monitoring plan for valves to maintain highly functioning equipment and minimize corrective maintenance needs. 
•    Perform technical review regarding plant design changes or temporary modifications to ensure plant safety is not impacted and maintain operational excellence.
•    Request procurement for equipment spare parts to remain prepared for any plant modification needs related to valves.
•    Develop documents related to installation and service contracts and provide oversight on maintenance activities to ensure contracted services are delivered efficiently. 
•    Review and revise valve related procedures to ensure procedures are available and relevant. 
•    Perform periodic and surveillance tests as required to support daily plant operations. 
•    Administer equipment and material master data updates to ensure inventory is properly managed at BNPP.
•    Perform technical administrative duties as assigned by department Manager to support daily activities. 


Health and Safety and Security

•    Follow all relevant company’s Health and Safety policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure compliance in all aspects of work as per sound management practices. Apply these policies and procedures to self and others to ensure reasonable care of the health and safety of the employee; the environment; and various individuals who may be affected by the employee’s acts or omissions at work.
•    Follow all relevant Security policies, processes, procedures and instructions to ensure security compliance in all aspects of work, by applying them on self, others and Corporate assets.
•    Ensure compliance with corporate requirements for adherence to policies, procedures and instructions related to Crisis Management and Business Continuity in order to continue mission critical activities.


People Management

•    Contribute to the development of UAE National employees in a manner which supports the objectives of the corporation and its Emiratization strategy.
•    Contribute to knowledge dissemination/sharing in a way that assists with building internal capabilities of UAE Nationals where applicable and maximize their effective performance.

Responsibilities & Accountabilities (contd.)

Professional Certifications

•    Valve Testing Certified.
•    NDE Certified

Qualifications


•    Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related Science. 
•    8 years of relevant experience, out of which:
-    1 year in a nuclear power plant engineering
 

Experience